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Hearts and minds (and knees)

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Reverberations from President Trump’s fiery weekend words about the NFL and athletes protesting continued to roar through the sports world Sunday, starting across the Atlantic and London and moving to the West Coast.

Rare steps were taken during Sunday NFL broadcasts on the sidelines and in the television production trucks. Dozens of players took a knee during the national anthem, team owners found their way to the sidelines to lock arms and one team stayed off the field during the “Star-Spangled Banner.”

All the activity prompted a question simplistic only in its delivery: What’s next?